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Show Veduciss ake ape: Se huficke . < . fle . ro i in phyficke,but is efteemed to make The great Reed or Cane’is not vfed es that ftand before Images, and.té make; hedges and Fpipes, as alfoto light candl todivide the {hips e f ed nediuifion e s. ine ee andalfo to make certai i other we do eflaths aand fach like:eee d any és, asae aoa under; audem likewife in |funde which draweth it round: in which troughthey put thofe pieces. of Canes, and fo crufhand grind ns lemmo > ‘ the. pomec< itron and Sreworances from the fowre, themaswe dothe barkes oftrees for Tanners, or apples for Cyder. But in fome places they vfe a great wheele, wherein flaues do tread and walke as dogs do in turning the fpit: and fome.others dofeedasit were the bottomeofthe faid wheele, wherein are fome fhatpe or hard things which docutand cruth the Canes into powder. And fomelikewife haue found the inuention to turne the wheele with water workes, as we do our iron mills. The Canes being thus broughtinto daft or powder,they put them into great cauldrons witha little water, where they boyle vntill there purpofes. yo Cuavr. 31. Of Sugar (ane. @ The defcription, be no more fweetneffe left in the crufhed reeds. Then doe they ftraine them through mats and : fuch like things, and put the liquor to boyle againevnto the confiftence of honey, which being coldis like vnto fand Both in fhew and handling, but fomewhatfofter ; and fo afterward it is carried intoall parts ofEurope, whereit is by the Sugar Bakersartificially purged and refined to that whiteneffe as wefee. ftalkes feuenot eight foot Vear Canc is a/pleafant and profitable Reed, hauing long Cane, the leaues come ae of euerie high, joyntedof kneed like vnto the great poin- long, samt and-fharpe joynt oneueryfide of the ftalke one, like vnto wings, are, but full; and f utfed Reeds or Canes other as hollow ted The Canc‘it felfe, of falke isnot long, riage Ser ae great with a fpongeous fubftance intafte exceeding fweet. The rootis fiveet andpleafant,but lefle rard or woody likewife whichis eatth, the of vppereruft the within forth many.yong fiens, w hic h are than other Canesor Reeds ; from thewhich theredothfhoot not'draw away the nourifhment fhould they plant,becaufe mother cutaway fromthe maine or elfe fome fubftance not much frointhe old ftocke, andfo get vnto themf{elues alittle moifture,or Cuar. 32.. cArindo florida, Flowring Reed. ; which fhoots do ferue worth, and cayfe the ftocke tobebarren, and themfelues little the better encreafe: for abroad to'fer for'plaats © The place. groweth in many parts of EuCane The*Sugar CArande Saccharina. Sugar Cane. ropé atthis.dayy as inf Spaine, Portugal, Olbia, and in Prouence. Iesroweth alfoin Barbarie, generally alitio& cuety where ih the, Canarie Iflands, and in thofe of Maderaj in the Eaft and Weft Indies , and maiy other place. My felfci did plant fome fhoots thereofinmy gatdenjand fome in Flanders did the likes butthe cildhefle ofoutclymate made an end ofmhinejandI thinke the Flemings will haue the like profiboftheir Abour.! og! ek The time. This Ganeiplantedat any time of the yearein thofe hor countries where it dothnaturally grow,by Calamus: Saccharatus : in Englith Sugar Cane : in rit ; The Sugarorjuice ofthis Reed is ofa temperate qualitie ;it driethand cleanfeth the ftomacke , ma- pee | SK i @ The names, TheLatines haue calledthis plant Urundo Sacha. rina, with chisiadditament, Indica,becaufeit wasfirl knoiwne or brought from India-Offomeit is called 59 f3 ekek ; ; ner Lourifhing Reed hatha thicke and fat ftalke of foure or flue foot high, great below neete the ground, and fmaller toward the top, taper-wife ¢ whereupondo grow veryfaire broadleauesful ofribs or finewes like vnto Plantaine, in fhape reprefenting the leaues of white Hellebor, or the great Gentian, but muchbroader andlarger euery way :at the top of whichftalkes do grow phantafticke flowers of a red or vermilion colour; which being faded,there follow round, rough,and prickly knobs,like thofe ofSparga. nine, or water-Burre,ofa browne colour,and from the middle of thofe knobs three fmall leaues. The feed contained in thofe knobsis exceeding black,ofa perfe& roundneffe, of the bigneffe ofthe fimalleft peafe. towrite ofwould require a peculiar volume,and:not pertinent vnto this hiftoric, for that it is not _ my PurpelE t6 také of my booke a ConfeGionaric, a Sugar! Bakers furnace, a,Genglewomans preferuing pan, nor'yét an A\pothecaries thop or Difpenfatorie.<but onely, to touch chechiefelt > matter thatd Prspored to handle inthe beginning;thatis, thésiaturesptoperties; and defcriptrons ofplants UNSerithfanding T thinkeit not amiffero hewvato you the -ordesing, of shefe seats when G Theplace. Irgroweth in Italy in the garden of Padua, and many otherplacesof thofe hotregions. My felfe haue planted icin my garden divers times§ but it neuer cameto flowring orfeeding,forthatit 1s very impatient to endure theinjurie of ourcold clymate, Itis a natiue ofthe Weft Indies. It muft befet or fowen in the beginning of April, ina pot with fine carth, or ina bed made with horfe- dung, and fome earth ftrawed thereon,in fuch manner as Cucumbets and Muské-Mclonsare. , ; G Thewfess4 >) aan : : UuOFthe iuyesOf this Reed is made the mof pleafant and:ptofirable feetycalled Sugar, whereofis madeinfinite confetions;confe@ures, fyrupsyand fuch dike, ag alfospteferuing and.coms feruing of fundryifruits, herbes,and flowers;as:Rofes, Violets, Rofemary flowers, andfuchlike, whichftill retaine with them the name of Sugarjas Sugat Rofer, Sugaryviolen, Se¢.okbe which this, hauing floures of a yellow or Saffron colour, with red fpots. ¢ a] Thetime. keth. fmooth’ the’ roughneffe ofthe breftand longs, cleareth the voice, and phuteth away-hoasfencfle, the cough,andall foureneffe'and bitterneffe,as I/aac faith in Dicks: @ The defeription. {mall threds fixed thereto. + There is a variety of their firft planting. ©) Thenatdreandwertrits.,- > OfFlowring Reed. The rootis thicke,knobby, and tuberous,with certain reaforthey fearetio frofts to hurt the yong |{hoots at Dutch: pupitherrient; 9 when they be new gathered, as I receiued it from the mouth of an Indian my feruant: he faith, They cut them in {mall pieces,and put them intoa trough made ofone wholetree, wherein they puta greatftone in manner ofa mill-ftone, whereunto theytie a horfe, buffle, or fomeother beaft ys‘ D “ars fo Of the Hiftorie of Plants. Lit. Linpsal- Ofthe! Hiftorie of Plants. 38 a Thenames. The name4rundo Indica is diuerfly attributed. to fandrie of the Reeds , but principally vate this, called of Lobelius, Cavmacarus:: of others,47andoflorida, and Harundoflorida: in Englith,the Flowring Reed. ae q Thenaure and vertues. There is not any thing ferdowne as touching the temperature arid vertues Of this Flowrifhing Reed, either ofthe Ancients, or of the new orlater Writers, span Curzg |